March 12 in Low End Mac History

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Mar. 11 - Mar. 13

2001

When should I replace my Mac?, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel. Look at your reasons, look at the cost, weigh the benefit, and make the right choice.
Consolidate or die?, Dan Knight. Why Apple stands alone - and should remain different.
Comparing high-end PowerBooks, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. The best used value is often the high-end model, not the less costly one.
Silence is golden, ColorIt!, StarMax upgrades, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Feedback on computer noise, free email, ColorIt!, and more.

2002

Who stole my domain?, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Traffic aggregators are ready to buy your expired domains and redirect them to porn sites, online casinos.
Happiness is a new Power Mac 7600, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. A longtime Windows user finds happiness with a Power Mac 7600.

2003

USB for wireless networking, the rev. A b&w G3, beige G3 memory upgrades, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Reports from the field, further reports on Sawtooth AGP incompatibility, and a possible lawsuit against Apple over the *nix core of OS X.

2004

Nice as they are, PowerBooks still have some room for improvement, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Heat, battery life, and squeaky hinges are some of the things Apple should try to fix in the next generation PowerBook.
Using the QuickCam Orbit on a Mac, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Logitech's latest QuickCam adds face tracking, but how well does it work on a Mac?
Widescreen iBook, Apple quality, PB G4 and iBook tutorials, USB Swiss Army Knife, and more, Charles W. Moore, The 'Book Review. Aluminum drive enclosure, touch-sensitive trackpads, MacFrog keyboard, portable DVD burner, bargain 'Books from $645 to $2,499, and more.

2007

11 ways to optimize your Mac's performance, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. If your Mac is getting sluggish, here are 11 tips that can help restore its original performance.
Pismo Spotlight and Find woes persist with latest version of Tiger, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. In early 2006, Spotlight and Find inexplicably stopped working on the G4-upgraded Pismo. A year and four OS X updates later, the situation hasn't changed.

2008

Forward into the past: Finding older software for Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. It's not easy finding out what older versions of software are compatible with which versions of the Mac OS, let alone finding a place to download them.
Maximum MacBook RAM, booting PowerPC Macs from USB, Eudora 8 'different', and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also possibly replacing a 1.33 GHz PowerBook with an Intel-based 'Book and recent iPod incompatibility with Panther.
Installing Leopard from an Intel Mac, keyboard layout, and DSLR advice, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. How to install OS X 10.5 to a PowerPC Mac from an Intel one, keyboard layout history, and feedback on digital SLRs.

Mar. 11 - Mar. 13

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